A few months ago, I painted this portrait of my dear friend Jackie in honor of her 90th birthday. Luckily, I had a wonderful photo to work from.
Adding a darker background gave the painting more dramatic contrast as well as darkening the shadows in the elegant blouse. This was an emotional painting for me because the subject is not only a close friend, but a remarkable woman and I wanted to express her warm personality, wisdom and loving heart. She is as beautiful on the inside as the outside and I hope I captured that.
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